Gas News Release

April 13, 1999

Consolidated Natural Gas Company Shareholders Re-elect Three to Board of Directors

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Shareholders of Consolidated Natural Gas Company (NYSE:CNG) today re-elected three directors to three-year terms at the company's annual meeting.

Re-elected were Raymond E. Galvin, retired president of Chevron U.S.A. Production Company; Paul E. Lego, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Westinghouse Electric Corporation; and Margaret A. McKenna, president of Lesley College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Shareholders also approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants, approved restricted stock awards granted under the company's long-term incentive program and did not approve a shareholder proposal concerning bonuses.

At a separate meeting later this year, CNG shareholders will vote on a proposed merger with Dominion Resources, Inc., a Virginia electric power holding company.

Consolidated Natural Gas Company is headquartered in Pittsburgh and is one of the nation's largest producers, transporters, distributors and retail marketers of natural gas. The company's natural gas transmission and distribution operations serve customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, New York and other states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. CNG explores for and produces natural gas and oil in the United States and Canada, and makes selective investments abroad.

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Chet Wade
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